# Accident 20200612009519A: Ayres Corporation S2R-T34, Gifford, ID, June 12, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2020, 14:00 local time
- Place: Gifford, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3CJG
- Location: 46.4547° N, 116.5242° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4547&lon=-116.5242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40226, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres S2R-T34 (registry code 0970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-t34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-T34
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,693 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 395 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200612009519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AFTER CIRCLING FIELD TWICE TO SURVEY/ SET UP FOR SPRAYING CROP AND LOOK FOR OBSTRUCTIONS, PILOT APPROACHED FIELD TO SPRAY FORM EAST TO WEST . AT LAST SECOND HE NOTICED POWER LINES HE HAD NOT SEEN, DOVE UNDER THEM BUT LEFT WING CAUGHT POLE GUY WIRE AND AIRCRAFT BECAME UNSTABLE, RH WING STRUCK GROUND FIRST THEN AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN INTO CROP FIELD AND SLID OUT OF FIELD BOUNCED ACROSS A ROAD INTO THE NEXT FIELD, ENGINE AN PROPELLER WERE TORN OFF FIRE WALL AND ALL TAIL SURFACED ARE CRUSHED. BOTH WINGS ARE SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS WEARING A HELMET AND FOUR POINT HARNESS. THE COCKPIT AREA IS ABOUT ALL THE REMAINED INTACT. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND GOT OUT ON HIS OWN. NO FIRE REPORTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR20CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA179), Jun 12, 2020: Ayres S2R (N40226), Lenore, ID, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines while maneuvering during an aerial application flight, which resulted in a wire strike.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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